After seeing a report on a recently published book about John F. Kennedy and some intern on the news the other night... it got me thinking about a couple of things. Although he was popular, I don't think he would have survived long in this current environment. It took this former intern over forty years to write this book about his infidelities. If he was the president of the United States today... there would probably be a book a week and most of them would be a hoax. Anyway, the other thing the news story reminded me of was that great moment in history that brought American politics and Hollywood together. That was Marilyn Monroe singing happy birthday to him at a Madison Square Garden party in 1962 to celebrate his forthcoming 45th birthday. It's the only birthday song we play on Bitter FM. Oh, other than The Smiths' "Unhappy Birthday".
One company I worked for in Auckland had an intercom for paging staff. The receptionist, barely in her 20's, used to sing the Marilyn Monroe version of Happy Birthday over the intercom to each staff member when it was their day... possibly to remind everyone that there was going to be a morning tea shout. However, I was impressed that she was even aware of that little piece of history... maybe not an important piece of history but definitely a special one.
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